The Delta independent., 1887-05-10
MINING MATTERS.

The contractors on the Cumberland mine
at Ptkin, which belongs to Aspen parties,
have completed 50 feet of their 100 foot con-
| tract.
The goods carried up by the Briar Rose
jack train, indicates good appetites among
the men, and the loads brought down indl-
cate good work by the men and profits for
the owners.-Summit Co. Leader.
| Everything, in mining point Of view, is
| looking up, in and around Dumont. Old
claims that have been virtually abandoned,
have been relocated and are now being
worked with great deal of vigor.
The ore chute in the Flagstaff has been
cross cut 25 feet and shows thickness of
over feet. 1t is located directly in the
fault and maintains an excellent uniform
grade of over 80 oounces.-Leadville Dispatch.
| The pulverized ore used in constructing
the bitches at Col. Phillips place contains
| about $50 per ton in gold and silver. In
time Boulder's streets will be paved with
gold bars from the tellurium belt.-Boulder
| News & Banner.
The Cora Bell in South Cottonwood,
| owned by Fox Brothers, has been leased by
a Leadville man who.intends to erect con
| centrator there this season. From the
strong body of ore disclosed in the vein it
| is thought that no trouble will be expert
| enced in securing an abundant supply of
ore.-Leadvillc Dispatch.
Tho South America lode, on Republican
mountain is still holding her own. The
last shipment from this property returned
81 ,S24 this amount being for forty-one shifts
work for two men, something over s32 per
| diem per man. During the months of De-
| cember, January, and February, two men
took out SS, 105. Another shipment which
will be made it is thought will exceed all
former runs in quality.-Georgetown Min
er.
The Mabel gold mine on Kendall Mount
ain, one of the richest quartz lodes yet dis
covered in the San Juan, has been leased to
New York parties, and deed for the prop
erty placed in escrow, upon which a pay
ment has been made. The price is under
stood to be $4,000. Work upon the proper
ty will begin as soon as the weather will
permit. This mine is well defined fissure
gold bearing quartz lead 1t is located
about four miles from Silverton.
1t is an exploded theory that the telluri-
um veins here had rich surface pockets
which did not extend down. The tunnel
of the Golden Age Co. exploded that theo-
ry when it opened up rich tellurum pock-
ct at depth of many hundred feet below
the surface. Lessees are now working in
the stope in the tellurium vein of the Gold
en- Age and it is paying well. Some of the
men have not made much, but taking them
altogether, the mine has paid well since it
has been worked under leases.-Boulder
News & Banner.
The Gilpin and Clear Creek county mills
will have to take care of their tailings, in
the same way as the water led into fish
ponds is kept clean. Get sufficient fall at
the tail to make the water rise again high
enough to redeposit the tailings in reser-
voirs which must be alternated in their use.
Clean out the one while the other fills up.
1t is little troublesome, but not so expen-
sive as the closing down. If the work
should not allow the expense, it will be
more advantageous to go farming or ranch
ing farther down the guiches or valley
Mine, Stack and Rail.
An important change is being made in
the boilers at the American Smelling
| works. The Leadville agent of the Cont
| mental Oil company, Mr.. W. p. Baker and
the Mr.. Smith. the Denver agent, are put
ting in an appliance for burning crude Pc
'troleum and the risiduum from refined oil.
1t is claimed that this will effect a saving in
+, fuel representing from s1.5o to 81 ton on
coal: about three barrels of this product
| equalling ton of coal 1t is also claimed
hot I'm p-A ,.f To, Il,
| ing oil than coal. The cost of adapting any
ordinary boiler to burning oil is from s25 to
s3o.-Leadvile Dispatch.
During the past week there has been an
| average shipment of II to Is tons of first
| class ore per day from the Sheridan mine
| to Telluride. The heavy snowfall and
| stormy weather preceding made it most a
hercuean task to keep the trail open. The
present rate of about Is tons per day will be
maintained by the Sheridan pack trains un-
| til the accumulated winter output is dis
posed of when the trains will be employed
on concentrating ore of which there is an
immense amount to be moved. About 80
more miners will be employed within few
days and the working force of the mine
will probably reach 175 men before the mid
die of summer.-San Miguel Journal
1t seems now, to one familiar with the
mining outlook, as though the districts sur
rounding Idaho Springs would have a YER
liable boom. Old Seaton Mountain is ship.
ing its regular quota of ore to the sampling
works. Virginia Canon is shipping con-
siderable ore to the stamp mills and samp-
ling works atBlack Hawk The mines on
Chicago Creek and Ute Creek are showing
steady gains, and the old reliabes like the
Freeland. Plutus, Matte, Crystal, Oneida
and scores Of others, are steadily increas-
ing their output. Fall River is forging to
the front with rapid des.-IdahoSprings
| News.
Work on the Libbie Bell mine has been
retarded by the recent storm. The snow is
now in such condition that jacks even
cannot be taken TO the mine, and every
thing has to be packed from the road Oh
mems backs. AS result but very little
more work has been done than was report
ed last week. They are, however, getting
ready for active operations and the work
being done in the shaft preparatory TO fur
ther development work shows the ore body
up very finely. Mr.. Butler states that he
never saw body of ore that looked so well
and the beauty of it is that itassays as well
as IT IookS The lowest assay ohtainahIe